The man who builds aircrafts, but struggles to make ends meet

Drones are child’s play for Saji Thomas, a seventh-standard dropout, who has already built two aircrafts, mostly using recycled materials and rough wood in his backyard. But the 46-year-old innovator from Thodupuzha in Idukki district of Kerala has been left in the lurch, with both government and private agencies failing to give him an adequate platform or a job to use his skill productively.